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Effium/Ezza Effium crisis: Umahi orders arrest of council boss, lawmaker; suspends political appointees

GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi, yesterday, ordered the immediate suspension of all political office holders from Ezza Effium/ Effium communities in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. Those suspended were the political office holders that were absent during the security meeting convened to find lasting solution to the lingering crisis. The governor also directed […]

Cult War: Man beheaded, another shot dead in Anambra community

Ibe Pascal Arogorn Cultists on Friday killed two persons at Oghalegbu village, Okija in Ihiala local government area of Anambra State, thus heightening tension in the area. One of the victims had his head cut off and taken away by the assailants in the presence of his wailing octogenarian mother and other siblings. It was […]

EXTRA: Cultists to bag 21-year term in Lagos

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday, approved a 21-year jail term for convicted cultists in the state. Sanwo-Olu approved the jail term as he signed the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism 2021 into Law at Lagos House, Ikeja. He also signed three other bills into law, which were the […]

Cultists set police station ablaze in Akwa Ibom

Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Monday attacked and burnt down a divisional police station in the Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state. The incident occurred barely one week after some hoodlums in the same local government attacked members of the Quick Response Squad at Ikpe Annang junction and burnt an inspector of […]

Police arrest 3 cultists in Anambra

Ibe Pascal Arogorn The Anambra state police command have arrested 3 suspected cultists in the state The state’s PPRO, Haruna Mohammed disclosed this to Crimefacts.news in Awka, Anambra state capital over the weekend. He said, “On 28/2/2021 at about 6:20am,after receiving credible intelligence report, police operatives attached to the Command Special Anti-cult unit(SPACS) arrested three […]

Cultists kill female Benue varsity student

Gunmen have killed a female student of Benue State University (BSU) identified as Jessica Agee. Suspected cultists had invaded the residence of Agee at Gyado, a suburb in Makurdi metropolis, on Monday night. The incident happened after the shootings by rival gangs who protested the seizure of examination papers from suspected cultists who were writing […]

Capone: How we rule the land and sea

The suspect, who said that he is the Capone of his cult group, known as Green Lander Cult Group in Bayelsa State, was arrested by Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari. Timidiseghe said that he rose through the ranks in […]

Palace, 34 houses burnt in Enugu cult attack

There was tension in the Oruku community, in the Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State , as gunmen suspected to be cultists injured one person and burnt over 35 houses and a market. The incident reportedly occurred between 6. 30pm on Saturday and 7. 30am on Sunday. Our correspondent , who visited the […]